| 4 new species of freshwater crab discovered in Palawan By Juancho Mahusay (The Philippine Star) March 25, 2012 |
A particularly colorful new species of freshwater crab called Insulamon Palawanense.| Zoom
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Philippines – A group of scientists and researchers from two Germany-based institutes and students from universities in Manila has reportedly discovered last week four new species of the freshwater crab in this island province.
According to a research paper published online last week in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, the four newly discovered species belong to the colorful Insulamon freshwater crab family.
This crab family, scientifically known as Insulamon Palawanense, can be found only in Palawan.
In the research paper, Dr. Hendrik Freitag of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden, Germany and an associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila University who heads the Aqua Palawana Research Program, stated that they discovered the four new species during the process of taking a closer look at the Insulamon crabs.
The Aqua Palawana is a research program by Germany’s scientific institutes Senckenberg and Phyllodrom Leipzig, which investigates the biodiversity of Palawan’s inland waters for over 10 years.
Working in the program are local students and researchers from Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University in Manila, Western Philippines University, Philippine National Museum, Vienna Natural History Museum and the National University of Singapore.
According to a research paper published online last week in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, the four newly discovered species belong to the colorful Insulamon freshwater crab family.
This crab family, scientifically known as Insulamon Palawanense, can be found only in Palawan.
In the research paper, Dr. Hendrik Freitag of the Senckenberg Natural History Collections in Dresden, Germany and an associate professor at the Ateneo de Manila University who heads the Aqua Palawana Research Program, stated that they discovered the four new species during the process of taking a closer look at the Insulamon crabs.
The Aqua Palawana is a research program by Germany’s scientific institutes Senckenberg and Phyllodrom Leipzig, which investigates the biodiversity of Palawan’s inland waters for over 10 years.
Working in the program are local students and researchers from Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University in Manila, Western Philippines University, Philippine National Museum, Vienna Natural History Museum and the National University of Singapore.
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